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Take a deep dive inside the lap charts with this week's Sign of the Lap Times.

450SX Class

Lap Rank

Finish

Best Lap

In Lap

Avg Lap Time

Rider

1

1

50.902

6

52.117

Ryan Villopoto

2

2

50.991

6

52.391

Ryan Dungey

3

3

51.242

2

52.692

James Stewart

4

4

51.293

5

53.039

Davi Millsaps

5

6

51.552

6

53.722

Chad Reed

6

7

52.086

5

54.328

Andrew Short

7

9

52.139

6

53.739

Eli Tomac

8

5

52.165

6

53.607

Justin Barcia

9

8

52.356

6

54.481

Matt Goerke

10

11

52.877

5

54.266

Broc Tickle

11

12

53.371

5

55.790

Josh Hill

12

10

53.810

9

54.896

Weston Peick

13

13

53.979

7

56.429

Justin Brayton

14

19

54.180

2

54.180

Trey Canard

15

14

54.673

5

58.007

Phil Nicoletti

16

17

54.735

9

56.811

Mike Alessi

17

16

54.789

4

57.511

Justin Sipes

18

15

54.857

7

58.747

Kyle Partridge

19

18

55.437

5

56.266

Bobby Kiniry

20

20

57.856

2

57.856

Jake Weimer

450SX

- For the third consecutive week, Monster Energy Kawasaki’s Ryan Villopoto would set the fastest lap of the night with a 50.902 on lap 6. Yes, he also won all three of those races.

- Red Bull KTM’s Ryan Dungey was the only rider other than Villopoto to set a lap under 51 seconds—Dungey set a 50.991 on lap 6.

- Villopoto and Dungey set a scorching pace in Indy. Both riders had only three laps over 52 seconds.

- Yoshimura Suzuki’s James Stewart was on fire early, setting four of his first five laps under 52 seconds before tipping over in the off-camber corner.

- Villopoto’s average lap time (52.117) was faster than GEICO Honda’s Eli Tomac’s fastest lap time, 52.139, which ranked seventh in 450SX.

- The latest fastest lap time of the night belonged to Weston Peick and Mike Alessi, who both put down their best on lap 9. Peick’s 53.810 would best Alessi’s 54.735.

Comparison

Ryan Villopoto vs. Ryan Dungey

As the rounds begin to dwindle and the window for a championship begins to close, the intensity begins to rise. Ryan Villopoto and Ryan Dungey knew this going into round 11 of 17 in Indianapolis, which led to a torrid pace from the title contenders. Let’s look at the lap times to see how the drama unfolded.

Lap

Ryan Villopoto

Ryan Dungey

2

52.652

53.175

3

51.727

52.109

4

53.412

52.391

5

51.611

51.664

6

50.902

50.991

7

52.249

52.126

8

51.438

51.39

9

51.682

51.437

10

51.399

51.979

Avg

51.896

51.918

11

51.935

51.534

12

51.747

52.337

13

51.85

52.318

14

52.32

52.11

15

52.472

52.137

16

53.121

52.454

17

52.186

52.416

18

51.915

52.515

19

52.611

55.083

20

53.005

55.268

Avg

52.316

52.817

During laps 2-10, the two were matching each other step for step. Villopoto would lay down a scorcher, only to have Dungey match his pace. The same could be said for the second half (laps 11-20) as well, expect for laps 19 and 20, when Dungey had a Tuff Block kicked out in front of him, dramatically slowing his pace. There’s no denying the pace set down the stretch was unprecedented. Now with only six rounds remaining, will the pace continue to rise?

Ryan Villopoto set the fastest lap of the night in Indy.Andrew Fredrickson photo

250SX Class

Lap Rank

Finish

Best Lap

In Lap

Avg Lap Time

Rider

1

1

52.509

11

53.986

Marvin Musquin

2

9

53.201

3

54.174

Blake Wharton

3

3

53.366

8

54.306

Wil Hahn

4

4

53.626

5

55.072

AJ Catanzaro

5

20

53.770

7

56.205

Jeremy Martin

6

2

53.886

7

54.727

Kyle Peters

7

8

54.016

8

55.269

Gavin Faith

8

5

54.187

11

55.171

Justin Hill

9

13

54.589

10

56.161

Zach Bell

10

18

54.656

2

58.747

Jackson Richardson

11

6

54.753

7

55.823

Vince Friese

12

16

54.754

3

56.211

Cole Thompson

13

7

54.813

6

55.986

Mitchell Olbenburg

14

19

54.865

5

56.107

Lance Vincent

15

10

55.015

13

56.268

PJ Larsen

16

14

55.199

6

57.657

Zack Freeberg

17

12

55.223

4

56.919

Jimmy Decotis

18

17

55.598

3

57.470

Daniel Herrlein

19

15

55.821

6

57.617

Levi Kilbarger

20

11

56.077

9

56.944

Steven Clarke

250SX

- For the first time all season, Red Bull KTM’s Marvin Musquin set the fastest lap of 250SX with a 52.509 on lap 11.

- After setting his fastest lap of the night on lap 8, GEICO Honda’s Wil Hahn would set five of the next seven laps under 54 seconds.

- Once clear of traffic, Musquin went on a tear during laps 9-14, setting all of his laps under 54 seconds.

- Rockstar Energy Racing’s Blake Wharton separated himself from the field early by setting his first six laps under 54 seconds.

- AG Motorsports’ Kyle Peters set his first twelve laps under 55 seconds en route to his first career podium.

- AJ Catanzaro, who also had a career night, set eight of his first nine laps under 55 seconds.

- The latest fastest lap of the night belonged to Eleven10 Mods Yamaha’s PJ Larsen. The newest member of the team would throw down a 55.015 on lap 13.

Comparison

Marvin Musquin vs. AJ Catanzaro, Kyle Peters & Blake Wharton

Mavin Musquin’s unparalleled performance in Indy was one for the record books. From last in the first turn to first in the last, Musquin had to maneuver past nineteen other riders en route to his second consecutive win. Let’s look at laps 8-14 (when Musquin moved from fourth to first) and compare Musquin’s times versus the times of Kyle Peters (second), AJ Catanzaro (third) and Blake Wharton (first).

Lap

Marvin Musquin

Kyle Peters

AJ Catanzaro

Blake Wharton

8

54.109

54.719

54.454

54.076

9

52.833

54.788

54.552

55.278

10

53.349

54.545

54.656

54.139

11

52.509

54.342

55.49

54.257

12

52.523

54.626

55.313

55.491

13

52.986

54.744

55.072

54.469

14

53.388

56.788

57.181

55.82

Avg

53.099

54.936

55.245

54.79

Clearly, Musquin was on another level, as the lap chart shows. He was over one second faster than Wharton during the span and nearly two seconds faster than Peters. While St. Patrick's Day weekend brought some luck of the Irish to this Frenchman, he put himself in position to capitalize by going really, really fast.

Musquin set the fastest lap of the night in 250SX.Andrew Fredrickson photo